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Non-specific code 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 013.6
Tuberculous encephalitis or myelitis
  • There are 7 ICD-9-CM codes below 013.6 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 013.6:
  • Encephalitis (bacterial) (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) 323.9
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 013.6
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • cerebrospinal (see also Meningitis) 322.9
      • late effect - see category 326
      • meningococcal 036.0
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 013.6
  • Myelitis (ascending) (cerebellar) (childhood) (chronic) (descending) (diffuse) (disseminated) (pressure) (progressive) (spinal cord) (subacute) (see also Encephalitis) 323.9
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 013.6
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (congenital) (degeneration) (disease) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (gangrene) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) 011.9
    • cerebrospinal 013.6
    • encephalitis 013.6
    • myelitis 013.6
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